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Palestinian killed in Jenin

A Palestinian has been shot dead during clashes with Israeli troops during an army raid on the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

10 Jun 2004 07:02 GMT

Israel is continuing its invasion of Jenin

Mamun al-Zarini, 24, a resistance fighter with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was killed on Thursday, according to Palestinian security services and medics

He died during a major gunfight which broke out in the early hours of the morning when around 30 Israeli jeeps and tanks moved into the city and arrested five people.

His death brings the toll since the September 2000 start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada to 4103, the majority of them Palestinians.

Previous day fighting

On Wednesday a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers during the new crackdown which began on Saturday.

Up to 20 military vehicles were used in the operation, during which eight Palestinians were detained including Ayyub Khamaysa, a leader of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Aljazeera's correspondent reported on Wednesday.